I was recently extorted/blackmailed and though the damage wasn't the worst it did have some affects on my life. I have become more paranoid on top of the paranoid I was before, but I am wondering if being this paranoid is ruining chances for relationships. Should I honestly not be taking any chances on online personals or chats? I have felt and been very clear with people in chats of the incident and that I won't be showing any kind of images of myself, but is that bad should I have an image of just body and no face? Or is my paranoia in the right? Should I be justified in wanting to know someone more before giving exact away more info such as city and name. I'm kind of wondering if the extortion incident had more impact on me than I thought it did because I thought I was ok but maybe I am more worried and controlled by the incident than I thought.